340 ARCTIAD^. 



715. Poliodula xantliodelta. 



ScoHanna a-anffwrleffa, Lower. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxii. p. 10 (1807). 



(S . Head and togula? orange-yellow ; palpi at tip.s and antennae 



except basal joint blackish; 

 thorax yellowish grey ; ab- 

 domen orange-yellow, with 

 some dark hair at sides. 

 Fore wing yellowish grej', 

 thickly irrorated with fus- 

 _ cous ; a pale orange-yellow 



Fig. 2-i2.-Po/idufe xanthoddta, S- \- ^^'"^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ "'"^^ "^'*^'" 



gin, a streak on base of costa, 



and a triangular patch on middle of costa. Hind wing pale orange- 

 yellow, with fuscous terminal band broad at costa narrowing to 

 tornus. 



$ probably apterous, 



llah. N. S. Wales, Broken Hill {Lower), 3 S • Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus XANTHODULE. 



Type. 



XanihoduJe, But!. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 384 semiochrea. 



Ancstia, Mejr. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 745 (1886) ombroplmnes. 



Proboscis aborted ; palpi porrect, not reaching as far as frons ; antennae of 

 male bipoetinate, with stiff branches ; tibia^ witli tlie spurs moderate. Fore 

 wing with vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique; 3 from well before an<;le ; 

 .^ from angle ; 6 Ir-^m below upper angle ; 7, 8 stilked ; 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. 

 Hind wing with rein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle ; 5 from 

 well above angle ; 6, 7 on a long stalk; 8 from middle of cell. 



A.. Fore wing with the ground-colour greyish white omhrophanes. 



B. Fore wing uniform brown semiochrea. 



71G. Xanthodule ombrophaiies. (riate XXVIII. fig. 4.) 



AneMia omhrophanes, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 746 (1886) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Met. p. 297. 

 Anrslid inr/xinafa, Lucas, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1083 (1890)- 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 297. 



cJ . Head and tcgnlne yellowish white; palpi, frons, and antennae 

 brownish ; thorax brownish, with whitish spots on pro- and inota- 

 thorax ; fore and mid logs yellowish and fuscous ; hind legs yellow; 

 abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing greyish white ; the costal area 

 broadly dark brown from base to anteinedial lino, which is strong, 

 sinuous and somewhat obliijue ; a round spot in middle of cell ; a 

 discoidal spot conjoined to the terminal dark area, which has a 

 sinuous inner edge, an apical greyish patch, and often some other 

 obscure subterraiual and terminal patches. Hind wing orange, with 

 apical fuscous patch continued towards tornus as a fine line. 



2 . Apterous ; the antenn.u short, serrate ; the wings represented 

 by small flaps of cuticle with tips of grey hair ; legs much reduced ; 

 ubdomen sparsely clothed with grey hair, the anal tuft larger. 



